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N. PETERe. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPNER. WASHINGTON n c i' @wat FRED. WALTONBACON, or NEW-Yom@ N.`Y.

' Letters Patent No. 88,256, dated Ma/rvch 23, 1869. I

To all whom 'it ma/y conce/r11, I

Be it known that I, FRED. WALTON BACON, ot' the city and county of NewYork, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulTmprovementin Artists Easels, wherebyI construct acombination easel,sketchboard, box to contain colors, and other materials used by artists,areceptacle for holding sketches, paper, or canvas, and providing andattaching to the easel a scat, the -whole being made adjustable andconvertible in such aV manner as to be very portable, compact, andliglit and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the construction of the same, reference being'hadto the annexed drawings,

making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspectiveview, when extended, or set for use;

Figure 2, a longitudinal elevation, when closed; and Figure 3, atransverse sectionof the brace.

The sketch-board D is attachedto the easel, E E E, by means ofthenietallicgroove g g and the set-screw and nut at A, which permits theadjustment, or detaching of the sketch-board D, to which is attached ashelf, s.'

The color-box B may be attachedlongitudinally and lpermanently to theeasel, E E E, or is made adjustable, so that it can be secured to alevel, or any desired pon sition, by means of the pivot p and set-screwt.

The easel proper is attached to the folding chair C O C, by the hingesh.

The easel is supported and adjusted to any required inclination by meansof the braceb e, which is attached by a-hinge, d, and the extension e,which runs through 'the T-shaped groove H, in iig..3, and is held to anyrequired position by the set-screw k, fig. 3.

Beneath the canvas, or other textile seat, S, -iig. 1, is the sketch-boxE, wherein may bekept paper,

sketches, canvas, or other articles, secure from dust or wet.

When I desire to fold my easelI detach the sketchboard I) from theeasel, and place it upon the sketchbox F, securing it thereon by meansof hooks, or other conti'ivance,\'vl1ere it thus serves as a cover. Iclose the lid L of the color-box B, and bring the box flat with theeasel E E E. `I fold the chair C O O flat, by bringing the rolls r and'r together; then I close the easel E E E and chair C G. C Hat together.I slide up the extension e of the brace b e, and secureit by a hook atl, fig. 2. I also secure the easel and chair together, by means of thehook m. i'

I do not claim, broadly, the folding chair and easel attached, for thesame have been made aud used before;

but I consider my invention an improvement over all other combinationportable easels heretofore known; and i I do therefore claim as myinvention, and desire to secure the same by Letters Patent- 1. Theattachment and adjustment of the sketchboard D,`by means of the grooveg'g and set-screw and nut A, for the purpose set forth.

2. The attachment ofthe color-box B, or receptacle for colors, brushes,and other articles used for painting or drawing, either permanently, oradjustable by means of the pivot p and set-screw t, substantially' andfor the purpose set forth.

3. The box I4, a receptacle for sketches, drawings, canvas, paper, orother material, substantially as described.

4. The T-shaped slide and groove.

FRED. WALToN BACON. Witnesses R. A. ADAMS, THnoDoRus McLEoD,

